Political Quotes

On the recordJune 8, 1983
Maybe we're partly responsible for what has happened, and we've thought that they should enjoy things more than sometimes have to work at things.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Question-and-Answer Session at a Regional Forum of the National Commission on Excellence in Education in Hopkins, Minnesota

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